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次の英文を読んで問いに答えなさい。
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Listening Convenience and Sound Quality:
Is There Another Priority?
In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, a new device
that could record and play back sound. For the first time, people could
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enjoy the musical performance of a full orchestra in the convenience of
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their own homes. A few years later, Bell Laboratories developed a new
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phonograph that offered better sound quality; voices and instruments
sounded clearer and more true-to-life. These early products represent
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two major focuses in the development of audio technology-making
listening easier and improving the sound quality of the music we hear.
The advances over the years have been significant in both areas, but it
is important not to let the music itself get lost in all the technology.
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Although the phonograph made listening to music much more
convenient, it was just the beginning. The introduction of the car radio
in the 1920s meant that music could be enjoyed on the road as well..
Interest in portable audio really started to take off in the 1980s with
the development of personal music players that allowed listeners to
enjoy music through headphones while walking outside. These days, we
are able to carry around hundreds of albums on small digital players,
and listen to them with tiny earphones.
Another factor affecting our enjoyment of music is its sound
quality. In the 1950s, the term high "fidelity," or "hi-fi" for short, was
commonly used by companies to advertise recordings and audio
equipment providing the highest possible quality of sound reproduction.
Fidelity, meaning truthfulness, refers to recording and reproducing
music that is as close as possible to the original performance. Ideally, if
we listen to a recorded symphony with our eyes closed, we feel as if we
were in a concert hall. Technological advances since the 1950s have

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than ever. It's up to us to stop and truly listen.
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問題 次の問い (問1~5)の1~5に入れるのに最も適当なものを,それぞれ
下の①~④のうちから1つずつ選べ。
1 According to paragraph 0, Bell Laboratories' phonograph could
than Thomas Edison's.
be built more quickly and cheaply
2be operated with less difficulty
3 play more musical instruments
④reproduce sound more realistically
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2 In paragraph, the author suggests that today's best audic
equipment
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①almost recreates the sound quality of a live concert
is used to play live music in the best concert halls
3 makes recordings sound better than original performances
reproduces great performances from the 1950s
3 According to paragraph, audiophiles are people who |
care deeply about the quality of music reproduction
perform in symphonies in good concert halls
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3 prefer live concerts to recorded performances
work at shops that sell the best audio equipment
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